Synopsis
Classmates reunite at the funeral of their history teacher, Sang-tae, and talk about his bizarre life. their recollections produce another story, and the cycle of the stories reorganizes th... More
Interview with SOHN Young-sung, director of The Client 2011/10/07, Source,
Director Sohn Young-sung has already been in the spotlight once before when he made his feature debut with "The Pit and The Pendulum" in 2008. This film, which was invited to Cannes Critics' Week, is the furthest kind of work from a genre film. So when we heard he had directed a proper courtroom thriller, we were curious about how this came about. Reporter JUNG Han Seok met with Sohn and asked him about how he started the project, selected the cast, and what it was like directing "The Client",...More
[20 Korean Films to Look Out for Second Half of 2011] "The Client" 2011/07/09, Source, Korea's First-Ever Court Jury Drama
"The Client"
Directed by Sohn Young-sung
By NA Won-jung
A woman is missing. It turns out it was a murder, not a missing case. There's only one key suspect, her husband HAN Chulmin (Jang Hyeok) who had the motive and the circumstance to kill her and abandon the body somewhere. He was once a prime suspect on another murder case as well. AHN Min-ho (Park Hee-soon) is a prosecutor in charge of this case and he is sure Chul-min is guilty, yet he has no proof,...More
Synopsis
Classmates reunite at the funeral of their history teacher, Sang-tae, and talk about his bizarre life. their recollections produce another story, and the cycle of the stories reorganizes the relationship, and lead to the labyrinth of the narration. the director SOHn young-sung, shakes the boundary between the stories, and between life and death, as it is known that he is interested in Jorge Luis Borges. the new approach to the narration is the major topic among young filmmakers in Korea. From the perspective of Korean film history, the “disappearance of narration” first suggested by HOnG Sangsoo has been studied more deeply since. In this film "the Pit and the Pendulum", SOHn’s unique sense of humor and wittiness is presented without any constraints of time or place through his clever words. the existence of a ghost at the funeral is also one of
the charms of this film.
International Film Festival
2008 Pusan International Film Festival, Korean Cinema today-Vision
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